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Was Napoleon Bonaparte poisoned? This question has plagued historians since the defeated French emperor’s death on May 5, 1821, on the island of St. Helena in the South Atlantic, where he lived in exile for nearly six years.

Throughout the 20th century, artists specializing in birds traveled to the the field, where they were able to capture precisely the animals' colors and movements for the background paintings of the Museum’s dioramas.